Melody Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Anacrusis
A
Upbeat
2
Q
Appoggiatura
A
Longer crushed note
3
Q
Arpeggio
A
Broken chords
4
Q
Auxiliary note
A
A non chord note between 2 harmony notes
5
Q
Blues note
A
A ‘bent’ note - could be flatter
6
Q
Call and response
A
2 phrases played by different musicians, one in response to the other
7
Q
Conjunct
A
A melody in steps
8
Q
Disjunct
A
A melody mainly in leaps
9
Q
Glissando
A
Sliding between 2 notes
10
Q
Improvisation
A
Making something up as you play it
11
Q
Inversion
A
Changing the order of chords
12
Q
Legato
A
Playing something with a more flowing, longer feel
13
Q
Melodic articulation
A
The musical performance technique that effects the note
14
Q
Melodic augmentation
A
Slowing down the lengths of the notes
15
Q
Melodic diminution
A
Playing notes shorter than they are
